The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is eyeing to use solely utilize internet voting for overseas Filipino Absentee Voters should the plan to venture into it pushes through by the 2025 midterm polls. In an interview, Comelec Chairman George Erwin Garcia said that if the overseas voters would...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has denied Impact Hub Manila's P15.3 million worth of unsettled liability claim for the canceled presidential and vice presidential debates due to lack of documentary requirements. In a May 19 letter signed by Comelec Executive Director Teopisto Elnas Jr....
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) announced on Monday, May 22 that it will begin accepting applications on June 5 for the gun ban exemption, three months before the election period for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) in October. "For the first time, we will be opening the...
A total of 118,178 individuals may face election offense charges after being found to have double or multiple registrations by the Commission on Elections (Comelec). Courtesy of Comelec "The 4th column, entitled 'Based on Latest Registration REG vs REG', is a clear instance of a registered voter...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) announced on Wednesday, May 17, the deadline for filing the petition for registration of political parties, party-lists on Dec. 29 for the 2025 polls. In a statement sent by Comelec spokesman John Rex Laudiangco, he stated that all groups intending to register a...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Wednesday, May 17, that it has approved internet voting for overseas Filipino voters for the 2025 elections. "We approved the policy direction and therefore we are now to prepare the roadmap for electronic voting for overseas Filipinos," Comelec Chairman...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has ordered its law department to draft a letter-reply to Impact Hub Manila's demand for P15.3 million unsettled liabilities. During Comelec's meeting on Wednesday, May 17, it was said that the letter-reply would be signed by Executive Director Teofisto Elnas...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) Second Division has granted the petition to disqualify former Legazpi City Councilor Al Barizo as a candidate in the May 2022 elections. In a 10-page resolution promulgated on May 5, Barizo, who was an incumbent councilor at the time of the commission of the...
Impact Hub Manila, the official partner of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in the 2022 presidential and vice presidential debates, has demanded P15.3 million worth of unsettled liability from the commission. In a letter sent on April 27, addressed to Comelec Spokesperson Rex Laudiangco, it...
Rowena Guanzon (MANILA BULLETIN) Someone's trying to cause trouble, according to former Commission on Elections (Comelec) commissioner Rowena Guanzon. Guanzon gave this reaction to reports that Comelec had refuted a press release saying that it ordered her oath-taking and proclamation as...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Thursday, May 11, that it will be abide by the Status Quo Ante Order (SQAO) issued by the Supreme Court (SC) in the disqualification case of Legazpi City Mayor Carmen Rosal. "As we have consistently committed, the Comelec will abide and comply with any...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will hold public hearings in the towns of violence-hit Negros Oriental before it would decide whether or not to postpone the scheduled Oct. 30 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (BSK) elections in that province. Commission on Elections (Comelec) chairperson...
